We end our tour and setup marathon by showing you how to log off and turn off
your computer.
Shutdown and logoff options have changed yet again. (Remember the ribbing we
Windows users got from Mac users because we had to click Start to stop? It’s
going to get only a little better now.)
Here are the log off and shutdown options:
• To make the computer sleep, shut down, or restart—Open the charms by swiping
or by pressing Windows Logo+C. Select Settings, Power and then select Sleep,
Shut Down, or Restart.
• To log off—Go to the Start screen, click your name in the upper-right corner,
and select Sign Out.
• To switch users—Go to the Start screen, click your name in the upper-right
corner, and select another user name.
Sleep is a great way to save energy if you’re leaving your computer for more
than 10 minutes or so and plan to come back. However, if the computer loses
power, Windows will not have a chance to shut down properly, and you could lose
data if you hadn’t saved your documents. You can tell Windows that if you leave
the computer “asleep” for some time, automatically turn the computer back on,
save its memory to disk, and then really power itself off. This is called
hibernation. When you turn the computer back on, it’ll take a bit longer to
restart, but it’s still usually faster than a cold Windows startup.
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Caution
Always use Shut Down before you unplug your computer.
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To set up automatic hibernation, go to the Start screen and search for sleep.
Under Settings, select Change When the Computer Sleeps, Change Advanced Power
Settings. Scroll down to Sleep and expand the list to view Hibernate After.
Change the time from Never to, say, 120 minutes (2 hours) and then click OK.
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Note
When you shut down Windows 8, it closes all running applications and services,
but it actually hibernates the Windows kernel. When you start up again, the
kernel loads nearly instantly, speeding up the boot time by several seconds.
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This ends our tour. To close the book, so to speak, go to the Start screen, open
the charms, and select Settings, Power and Shut Down. Watch Windows power off.
When it’s finished shutting down, press your computer’s power button briefly and
see how fast it powers back up.
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Tip
On desktop computers, Hibernate isn’t shown as an option on this Shut Down menu
because the automatic hibernate-after-sleep mechanism, called Hybrid Sleep, is
enabled by default. If you disable Hybrid Sleep in the Advanced Power Settings
control panel, Hibernate will appear as an option on this Shut Down menu. On
laptops, Hibernate should appear on the Shut Down menu because Hybrid Sleep is
disabled by default.
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How to open command prompt in Windows 8
Option 1. When you are in the Metro UI, start typing "cmd". It will automatically go in to search mode and will search for what you typed (cmd). See the picture below:
To open the RUN dialog, press the Windows key and then press "R". This will open the RUN dialog for you. To open the command prompt from here, type "cmd" and press ENTER.
Enable classic start menu on Windows 8
Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Chanbe the key
a key
called "RPEnabled" with the value "1".